[PCW] Fuel economy, Chrysalis across the Atlantic

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

>>The Petersens purchased the Chrysalis as a shell and finished it off
>>themselves. So I really do not know what it cost.
>>It may be possible to find out the fuel used to cross the Atlantic somewhere
>>on their web site. I believe there was a mention somewhere that they had
>>crossed to the Azores five days faster than a group of Nordhavns and had
>>used half the fuel.
>
>Wow! That would be something if it were proven to be true.

Here's how data for Chrysalis, a 64-foot Tennant custom design, and 
Bluewater, a stock Nordhavn 47, compare on the Bermuda-Azores leg. At 
1,800 nautical miles, it's the longest leg of a trans-Atlantic 
passage, the distance that separates wannabes from genuine 
passagemakers.

                         	Chrysalis		Bluewater

Average speed	8.3 knots		6.2 knots

Fuel consumption	4.0 gph		4.4 gph

Time underway	9 days		12 days

Fuel burned	865 gal		1,275 gal

Chrysalis is a $2-million boat professionally built while the cost of 
a Nordhavn 47 is about $1 million.

I'll try to get fuel burn data for a larger Nordhavn to complete the 
comparison on trans-oceanic performance. (This thread is only about 
fuel burn on long offshore passages which is completely different 
from coastal cruising.)

If Dennis Raedeke is online, perhaps he could share data from his 
long passages across the Pacific with Wild Wind IV, a close 
sistership to Chrysalis.

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
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